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How to get rid of dry skin on fingertips...?

I have had this for about a week now and its only on my fingers and is just really flakey and I have never had this problem before and I was wandering how to get rid of it!?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Put some olive oil in a small bowl and soak your fingers in it. It's probably being caused by a chemical or new product you are using. I would check that out. Or it could just be that your fingers are peeling naturally. Either way the olive oil will help a lot.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Any kind of hand lotion will help, if you use it frequently during the day. I think lotion, rather than grease like Vaseline, would be better -- you don't want to be leaving oily fingerprints everywhere.

    Dry, hard, flaky skin is a real problem for lots of people in the wintertime. I have to get somebody else to wash the dishes, and I have to use far less soap and shampoo in the shower than I do in the summer.

    The magic potion I use is a hand cream made in England. It's called Lotil. It even helps heal the cracks that can develop on fingertips in really cold weather. I buy it on line through the Vermont Country Store (vermontcountrystore.com).

  • 1 decade ago

    certain things dry your skin out mite think of what youve used prior to fingertips becoming flakey lotion would be a start though but youll need the dry skin lotion with aloe vera

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    put olive oil on for 10 to 20 minutes a day and wash it off and put cream on its the naturalist way and it keeps your fingertips looking and feeling healthy.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Get GLYSOMED hand moisturizer. Moisturize 5 times daily and at night before bed lather up your hands in it. Voila.

  • 1 decade ago

    Add some glycerine in your lotion. apply in your fingernails more often, wash your hands before you do it though. Your nails would grow plus your hands would be healthy

  • 1 decade ago

    olive oil or even coconut oil massage

    plenty of times

  • 1 decade ago

    cream

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    VASELINE

    VASELINE

    VASELINE

    thats all i can say

    trust me

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